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QUITE the rumor about the extent of his involvement here...Thu, 13 Mar 2008 06:04:52 +0000Edwardcomment 104063 at http://www.gamepolitics.comhttp://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/03/10/breaking-video-game-critic-spitzer-involved-prostitution-ring#comment-104062
It gets better..... Spitzer was a vocal supporter of Hilary Clinton.Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:08:12 +0000Red Dawncomment 104062 at http://www.gamepolitics.comhttp://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/03/10/breaking-video-game-critic-spitzer-involved-prostitution-ring#comment-104061
[...] Game Critic Out The&nbsp;Door Jump to Comments Oh, Eliot Spitzer is eating these words right now: Like all parents, I know it is increasinglydifficult to protect our children from negative influences… we have learned that when self-regulation fails, government must step in… we must do more to protect our children from excessive sex and violence in the media… Media content has gotten more graphic, more violent and more sex-based… Currently, nothing under New York State law prohibits a fourteen-year old from walking into a video store and buying… a game like ‘Grand Theft Auto,’ which rewards a player for stealing cars and beating people up. Children can even simulate having sex with a prostitute… [...]Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:47:46 +0000Another Game Critic Out The Door &laquo; Hey&#8230; Are Youcomment 104061 at http://www.gamepolitics.comhttp://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/03/10/breaking-video-game-critic-spitzer-involved-prostitution-ring#comment-104060
[...] Eliot Spitzer, the moral crusader who, as GamePolitics reported, was so offended by the interactive prostitution in Grand Theft Auto, has vacated his office following revelations by the New York Times that he was a regular patron of high-priced shout girls. [...]Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:04:50 +0000Grand Theft Auto Critic Spitzer Resigns in Disgrace | Gamingcomment 104060 at http://www.gamepolitics.comhttp://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/03/10/breaking-video-game-critic-spitzer-involved-prostitution-ring#comment-104059
Update: Looks like he's resigning.Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:25:20 +0000Benjicomment 104059 at http://www.gamepolitics.comhttp://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/03/10/breaking-video-game-critic-spitzer-involved-prostitution-ring#comment-104058
@Hippocrit<br />
The "hypocritical" part comes in when he busted several prostitution rings. He sent sex-workers and sex-wanters alike to jail and slapped them with fines. And then we find out that's been bangin' hookers for nearly six years. That's hypocritical. "Do as I say; not as I do."<br />
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As a governor, part of his job entails legislating and upholding laws. Yet, he doesn't mind breaking a law, if it serves him. More hypocrisy. I'd love if he suffered the same punishment that is doled out to anyone who solicits sex, but I'm sure he's just going to get slapped on the wrist and sent home. However, being in the same building with his pissed-off wife might be more brutal than a jail sentence...Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:48:56 +0000Kris O.comment 104058 at http://www.gamepolitics.comhttp://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/03/10/breaking-video-game-critic-spitzer-involved-prostitution-ring#comment-104057
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Looks like he is resigning.<br />
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[i]"I have acted in a way that violates my obligations to my family and violates my - or any - sense of right and wrong," the governor said at a news conference with his wife, Silda, at his side. "I apologize to the public, whom I promised better." [/i]<br />
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This is a classic case of "I am really sorry now that you caught me"<br />
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Pure awesome.Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:46:58 +0000HurricaneJesuscomment 104057 at http://www.gamepolitics.comhttp://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/03/10/breaking-video-game-critic-spitzer-involved-prostitution-ring#comment-104056
Maybe to you department store dummies this would be considered hypocritical, but could someone explain what is hypocritical about keeping inappropriate content from children? He is a dishonorable criminal, but wouldn't he have had to buy prostitutes for his children to be considered hypocritical? I guess you would also consider it hypocritical for alcohol drinking adults to keep alcohol from their children. You people are more proof that liberalism is in fact a mental disorder.Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:38:41 +0000Hippocritcomment 104056 at http://www.gamepolitics.comhttp://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/03/10/breaking-video-game-critic-spitzer-involved-prostitution-ring#comment-103889
Oh the irony of this.<br />
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I wish GP could get an interview with him after this. It's funny how this fool can accuse video games of corrupting society yet he is involved with prostitution which has links to organized crime which is linked to narcotics and violent crime. Elliot Spitzer is the world's biggest hypocrite right now. For a guy who was elected on the promise to clean up NY, he sure doesn't practice what he preaches.Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:29:37 +0000MasterAssassincomment 103889 at http://www.gamepolitics.comhttp://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/03/10/breaking-video-game-critic-spitzer-involved-prostitution-ring#comment-104055
Spitzer's lines were tapped after the feds noticed that he was depositing large sums of money ($10,000+) into bank accounts owned by the prostitution ring. The feds were worried that Spitzer would be vulnerable to blackmail, extortion, and willing to aid the ring should they decide to open their mouths.Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:39:33 +0000majestic_12_xcomment 104055 at http://www.gamepolitics.com